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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1944
Page
8
Soil Conservation staff Arthur J. Kelly and David V. Fette aided La Crosse County farmers in applying soil control methods over six weeks. More than 550 farmers adopted contour strip cropping and tree planting, with about 40 000 trees planted to curb erosion and wind damage.
The California Medical association delegates adopt a resolution urging members to work for the dismissal of Dr. Morris Fishbein of Chicago as editor of the American Medical Association Journal and Hygeia. The resolution says he has become the spokesman for American medicine but does not represent it properly to the public.
Prominent inventor and executive, famed for advancing wired radio and contributing to standardization of electrical parts used by the A E F in World War I, died last night.
Former Wisconsin governor Julius P. Heil announced he will not run for the U S Senate due to business pressures. His exit leaves Republican Wiley with possible challengers Leather D. Smith Joseph R. McCarthy and Perry J. Stearns seeking the nomination.
Radio listings show multiple networks broadcasting a mix of talks dramas and music throughout the day. Programs include American Forum Blu-9:15 Chester Bowles CBS segments and various comedy musical and soap opera shows across NBC CBS Blu and MBS.
May 8 radio lineup lists CBS NBC and mutual network programs from 4:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. including Captain Midnight Jack Armstrong Lum and Abner and The Mystery Theater. Notable guests include Edwin C Hill Arthur Hale George Burns and Gracie Allen and Fred Waring.
Twenty four individuals received Red Cross water safety instructor certificates after completing a 15 hour course last week at La Crosse State Teachers College. Instructor W K Swaney from St Louis led the program with aide Miss Elizabeth Ayer. Renewals were issued to a list of named instructors across Wisconsin and Illinois.
Lieut. (JG) Ira C. Kepford of Muskegon Michigan credited with life saved by a water injection device that surges engine power. While outnumbered near Rabaul on Feb 9 he opened throttle and with a switch activated his Corsair outran three Zeros, downing 16 planes in his career.
Dr. George Oliver Currie Jr of New York, director of research for the carbide and carbon chemical corp, was named by the American Chemical Society as the Willard Gibbs medalist for outstanding aliphatic chemistry work.
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